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A pris­on­er who es­caped from the Car­rera Con­vict Prison last Fri­day was re­cap­tured along the West­ern Main Road on Mon­day.

Po­lice said pris­on­er Ja­mal Joseph, who es­caped from the prison on No­vem­ber 14, was held dur­ing a co­or­di­nat­ed re­sponse in­volv­ing po­lice of­fi­cers and the Trinidad and To­ba­go Prison Ser­vice.

Po­lice said of­fi­cers from the Care­nage Po­lice Sta­tion re­ceived in­for­ma­tion around 3 pm from prison per­son­nel that Joseph had been seen along the West­ern Main Road, near Tem­blado­ra Park. Of­fi­cers on mo­bile pa­trol re­spond­ed and met prison of­fi­cers al­ready on the scene.